The Conversation No One Wants to Have: Autocuratela
Since 2021 you can appoint, in a public deed, who will support you if you ever need it. What autocuratela is, how it's granted, and how to talk about it as a family.
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Analysis
Reflections on mediation, law, technology and the psychology of conflict.
Impartial Is Not the Same as Neutral: The Principles That Underpin Mediation
Impartiality and neutrality are often used as synonyms, but they aren't. The five principles behind Spain's Law 5/2012 and Organic Law 1/2025 that underpin every mediation process.
Read article →MASC: The Option That Wasn’t on the Menu
Spain’s Law 1/2025 does not prohibit litigation: it compels the alternatives to be put on the table. A reflection on why, for decades, we have been working from an edited menu.
Read article →You’re not being empathetic, you’re being sympathetic
For years I thought I was tremendously empathetic. In reality, I was only being sympathetic. And the difference is enormous. When a friend told me about…
Read article →The 10% That Saves Us: Why AI Still Has No Biography
Many claim that today’s AI can solve 90% of the problems put to it. That may be so, although I don’t have the empirical evidence needed…
Read article →Survivorship Bias in the Legal Profession: Success or Attrition Tolerance?
This week, the business press picked up a debate that has been brewing in the legal sector for some time: the HR directors of the country’s…
Read article →A Curtailed Menu
The most effective social pressure is not the kind that pushes you towards one option. It is the kind that makes the other one invisible. On how social norms shape business decisions — and why mediation remains the invisible alternative.
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AI and editorial responsibility
The European Commission has published the Code of Practice on Transparency of AI-Generated Content, developed pursuant to Article 50 of the AI Act. For those of…
Read article →European Artificial Intelligence Regulation: what every company must review now
The AI Regulation is already in force. Prohibited practices, the 2026 timeline, and the steps your company must take before August.
Read article →“Sorry, not for you”: The Day They Pulled the Plug on Our AI
A few days ago, on this very channel, I commented on the strategic risk of not having an LLM model developed by us (by the EU).…
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